Grants for trade / professional associations

Name: Top 25 grants made to trade / professional associations and chambers of commerce
Creator: Cause IQ
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3,987 trade / professional associations and chambers of commerce received at least $483.9 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 2,587 grants made from 1,904 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,250. Of these 1,904 foundations, 84% made just a single grant to trade associations, and 2% made grants to four or more trade associations. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$483,913,712

Total grant dollars given to trade / professional associations

2,587

Number of grants made annually to trade / professional associations

1,904

Number of grantmakers funding trade / professional associations

$1,250

Median grant size to trade / professional associations

Foundations that support trade / professional associations and chambers of commerce

Out of all grants made to trade / professional associations, 73% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 66% of the dollar-value of grants to trade associations. Foundations funding trade associations also made grants to colleges, multiservice human service organizations, educational service providers, and scholarship organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,401
Medium	243
Large	257

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	46
Private	1,493
Corporate	92
Other	273

Grants made

Grants made to trade associations	Number of grantmakers
1	1,618
2-3	236
4-10	39
11+	11

Top 10 foundations supporting trade / professional associations and chambers of commerce

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to trade associations	Number of grants made to trade associations	Median grant size
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.3%	45	$15
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	40	$100
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	1.5%	39	$200
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	23	$500
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.1%	19	$100
The Columbus Foundation	OH	State	0.0%	13	$5,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	13	$1,000
Community Foundation of North Texas (NTXCF)	TX	State	0.1%	12	$1,522
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)	NJ	National	0.0%	12	$1,125
Home Savings Charitable Foundation	OH	State	1.8%	12	$675

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Trade / professional associations and chambers of commerce grantees

Trade / professional associations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 94% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 37% of all trade associations.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	2,525
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	62

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,500
$100k-$500k	$1,477
$500k-$1M	$1,762
$1M-$5M	$1,345
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	295
District of Columbia	211
California	187
Massachusetts	139
Other	1,755

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Washington DC	369
New York City	273
Chicago	110
Philadelphia	109
Other	1,561

Top 25 grants made to trade / professional associations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Renown Health	$129,382,883	General Ledger	Renown Health
CareSource Georgia Co	$55,000,000	Actual	CareSource
American Association for Cancer Research	$29,782,164	General Program Support	Entertainment Industry Foundation
Big Twelve Conference	$14,755,604	Scholarships/grants	National Collegiate Athletic Association
Dairy Max	$12,704,394	Advertising Program	Dairy Promotion
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	$10,000,000	To Sustain the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, Which Will Preserve Broad First Amendment Rights in the Digital Age As A Champion of Domestic Free Expression Though Litigation, Research and Scholarship, With the Goals of Producing Significant Legal Victories and Informing Discourse and Debate on These Issues.	John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association	$8,459,333	FMV	The AOPA Foundation
United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC)	$7,805,274	Actual Salaries & Benefit Alloc	US Chamber of Commerce Foundation (USCCF)
United Dairy Association of Michigan (UDIM)	$7,389,125	Promote the Sale of Milk and Milk Products and Increase Consumer Awareness of Milk Products Through Promotion, Research, and Nutrition Education.	Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA)
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association	$6,962,688	Grow Pilot Population	The AOPA Foundation
University of Texas at Austin	$6,098,750	Basic Research in in the State of Texas	Robert A Welch Foundation
Metropolitan Opera Association	$5,592,320	General Support	The Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation
Big Twelve Conference	$5,250,000	To Support the Conference As Part of A Payout for Participating in the Annual Allstate Sugar Bowl.	Allstate Sugar Bowl
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)	$5,041,000	Cost	Acog Foundation
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)	$5,041,000	See Part V	Acog Foundation
College for Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)	$4,918,245	Funding	College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Foundation (CHIME)
American Bar Association (ABA)	$4,907,073	Supporting Human Rights, Democratic Initiatives And/or Rule of Law	Freedom House
College for Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)	$4,900,000		College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Foundation (CHIME)
Home Builders Institute (HBI)	$4,818,120	To Assist Local Charities	The Home Depot Foundation and Homer Fund
Illinois Manufacturers Association (IMA)	$4,800,000	To Help Organization With Their Mission Objectives	Tenth Amendment Project
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber	$4,695,062	FMV	Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber foundation
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber	$4,695,062	Grants Used To Fund the Minority Business Accelerator and Economic Development Activities.	Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber foundation
Big Twelve Conference	$4,511,115	See SCH I, Part Iv	San Antonio Bowl Association
Uli - The Urban Land Institute	$4,506,250	Future of Workers	Mastercard Impact Fund
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)	$4,500,000	Cost	American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Trade / professional associations" category for this page is determined by the "S41: Promotion of Business" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.